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Three Mile Lake Watershed Project

Three Mile Lake Success Story

The DNR is helping Iowans across the state improve our lakes and streams by supporting and working with watershed projects. By making changes in how we manage both private and public land, we can reduce the amount of pollution like sediment, nutrients and bacteria, reaching our water. The story featured below is just one of the many successes we've seen so far, and there's more work underway.


Trevor Wood of Britt (left) and cousin Brad Wood of Woden show a day's catch.

Three Mile Lake
John Tapken has come to memorize the telephone numbers of local motels.

"I had to," said Tapken, director of the Union County Conservation Board.

"Our cabins keep renting out so quickly that I have to be able to refer people somewhere," Tapken explains.

Three Mile Lake was constructed with the idea of providing an economic boost in the form of tourism in addition to providing a source of drinking water to residents of southern Iowa.
Read more (*.pdf)

Learn more about organizing your own watershed improvement project

Read brochures about watershed improvement projects

For More Information
Local:
Paul Goldsmith
District Conservationist
(641) 782-4218
Paul.Goldsmith@ia.usda.gov
Union County NRCS Office

Statewide:
Steve Hopkins
DNR Nonpoint Source Program Coordinator
(515) 281-6402
Stephen.Hopkins@dnr.iowa.gov

 

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